Do You Know What an Odyssey Is?

By |2023-05-21T11:32:04-05:00May 26th, 2013|Categories: Classics, E.B., Eva Brann, Featured, Greek Epic Poetry, Homer, Liberal Learning, Odyssey, Senior Contributors, St. John's College, Wisdom|

My title is a question: “Do you know what an odyssey is?” I am asking each of you to ask yourself: “Do I know what an odyssey is?” In learning as in traveling and, of course, in lovemaking, all the charm lies in not coming too quickly to the point, but in meandering around for [...]

Homeric Moments: Clues to Delight in Reading the Odyssey & Iliad

By |2023-05-21T11:32:07-05:00February 28th, 2013|Categories: Books, Classics, E.B., Eva Brann, Homer, Iliad, Odyssey, Senior Contributors, St. John's College, TIC Featured Book|

 Homeric Moments: Clues to Delight in Reading the Odyssey and the Iliad Featured Book: Reading Homer’s poems is one of the purest, most inexhaustible pleasures life has to offer–a secret somewhat too well kept in our time. The aim of this book is to tell anyone who might care–first-time, second-time, or third-time readers or people who [...]

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